Governor Ambode had last Friday suspended Ogundare moments after he was paraded alongside his brother, Mohammed Adams by the Lagos Sta...
Governor Ambode had last Friday suspended Ogundare moments after he was
paraded alongside his brother, Mohammed Adams by the Lagos State Police
Command for conspiring to fake the alleged kidnap.
In a press release signed by the State's Commissioner for Local
Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon Muslim Folami, the Governor
ordered Ogundare to henceforth desist from parading himself as the Baale
of Shangisha or discharge any duties attached to chieftaincy matters in
the State.
Folami, in the statement, said:
Folami, in the statement, said:
This is to inform the general public that His Excellency, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has authorized the DEPOSITION AND PROSECUTION by police of Chief Yusuf Mutiu Ogundare, Baale of Shangisha with immediate effect. This is in accordance with Section 38, subsection 1 of the Obas and Chiefs Laws of Lagos State inter-alia
The Governor may suspend or depose any Oba or Chief whether appointed before or after commencement of this law, if he is satisfied that such suspension or deposition is required according to customary law or is necessary in the interest of peace or good government.?
Furthermore, he (Ogundare) is to stop parading himself, purports to exercise or discharge any of the duties attached to Chieftaincy Matters with immediate effect. Folami said the deposition follows the formal confession of the Baale to security services that he staged his own kidnap to blackmail the State Government.
The State's Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, while parading the suspects at the Lagos House in Ikeja, had narrated how they conspired to perfect the fake kidnap, all in a bid to implicate the Oba of Magodo, as well as rubbish the State Government and security agencies.
Owoseni said six days after the incidence, some men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on patrol in Alausa area at about 10pm apprehended Ogundare after he was dropped in a suspicious manner by a car which sped off immediately. SIGNED HON MUSLIM FOLAMI COMMISSIONER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LAGOS STATE JULY 16, 2017
